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Happy New Year
from the Guidance &
Counselling Department
POINTS
OF INFORMATION-JANUARY 2010
January and February are always very busy months for
students. It’s UCAS and CAO time, Mock Exams for Leaving
Certs and Junior Certs. UCAS application deadline is
January 15th. Students who apply to the CAO
by January 20th will avail of a discounted
application fee of €35. The normal closing date for CAO
is February 1st @ 5.15 p.m.
For
students who will take the HPAT (Health Professions
Admission Test) on 27th February, please
ensure that you have done the practice test which will
take you 150 minutes. The general advice on taking HPAT
should be read as it contains some very good tips and
advice. A copy of the practice test is available in the
Guidance Counsellor’s office or you may obtain your own
copy at
www.hpat-ireland.acer.edu.au.
Students who are exempted from Irish and/or a third
language are reminded to download forms from
www.nui.ie and to
send completed forms to the NUI (National University of
Ireland). This is essential if you are applying to any
of the NUI colleges.
Fifth
years will be attending UCD on Wednesday, 20th
January.
A
representative from NUI Maynooth will visit the school
on Wednesday, 3rd February and speak to fifth
years.
Applications should now be made to Colleges of Further
Education. Each College has a separate application form.
Most of the Colleges have websites and some have
facilities for applying on-line. Please see Guidance
Counsellor for more information.
Points of
Information
November 2009
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Calendar of Career Events is displayed on the
Careers’ Notice board outside the Guidance
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Remember visiting a College gives a great insight
into the College, its courses, facilities, staffing and
general college life on the campus.
Important
Dates/ Information to keep in mind:
Closing
Date for registration for the HPAT-Ireland test for
entry to Medicine.
The
Institute of Technology, Tralee is offering Sports
Scholarships for the academic year 2010/11. Deadline for
receipt of application is March 5th, 2010.
Further information on
www.ittralee.ie
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NCI is
now accepting Foundation Level Maths as part of the
minimum entry requirements to all their courses.
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DCU
has launched the following new degree programmes:
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B.Sc in Aviation Management(with Pilot Studies)
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B.A. in International Business and Languages
(English with French or German or Spanish)
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B.Sc in Psychology
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Irish Taxation Institute Third-Level Scholarship
2010. Interested students should speak with Guidance
Counsellor and register their interest by 29th
January. Further details of this scholarship
programme and an application form will be sent out
to interested students in February. All students
applying for the scholarship will be subject to a
means test. Further information available at
rmcentee@taxireland.ie
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Change
in UCD Engineering Programmes-removal of the
majority of its direct entry CAO routes into
Engineering and replaced them with a single entry
point-DN077 Engineering
SPEAKERS-NOVEMBER:
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UCD
Quinn School of Business-2nd
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DCU-2nd
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WIT-3rd
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Mary
Immaculate, Limerick-16th
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NCI-23rd
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St
Patrick’s College, Maynooth-23rd
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Queens
College, Belfast-24th
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Tipperary IT-25th
OPEN
DAYS-NOVEMBER
INFORMATION EVENINGS
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UCD
Agriculture, Food and Nutrition-25th
November-Riverside Park Hotel, Enniscorthy @ 7.30
p.m.
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UCD
Science Careers-UCD-10th November@ 6 p.m.
Students
will get to meet lecturers from all areas within the UCD
Science programmes, current Science students & Alumni
working in a variety of areas.
USEFUL
WEBSITES
HEAR
PROGRAMME-SIXTH YEARS WITH SPECIFIC LEARNING DIFFICULTY
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For
basic queries on filling out your HEAR Application
Form contact the CAO Helpdesk on (091) 509800.
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For more complex queries, contact
a HEAR representative. Contact details can be found
on
www.accesscollege.ie
Dates to
remember:
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Complete the HEAR Online
Application Form by 1 February 2010 on
www.cao.ie.
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Sent
Supporting Documents to CAO, Tower House, Eglinton
Street , Galway by 1 April 2010.
September/
October 2009
CAO
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The 2010 CAO application literature has been
distributed to sixth years. CAO Applications may be
made online from Tuesday 3rd November.
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The normal application fee is €45. Applicants
submitting an online application before 5:15pm on 20th
January 2010 will pay a reduced fee of €35.
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Applicants with a disability or specific learning
difficulty will be able to complete their own
section of the SIF (Supplementary Information Form
when they apply online. They will then print the
sections to be completed by the school and by a
consultant and return these to the CAO. A guide and
instructions will be available on the website in
November.
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Applicants who are socio-economically disadvantaged
may complete a special section of the online
application form and submit certain documentation to
be considered for supplementary entry and post-entry
supports.
OPEN DAYS
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NUI
Galway-October 2nd and 3rd
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Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT)-10th
Dec
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UCC-10th
October
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Mary
Immaculate College-13th and 14th
October
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St
Patrick’s College, Maynooth-27th and 28th
November
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Trinity College-9th Dec
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DCU-20th
and 21st November
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St.
Patrick’s College, Drumcondra-Saturday 21st
November
SPEAKERS
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NUI Maynooth-30th September
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Mater Dei Institute-19th October
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DCU-2nd November
- St
Patrick’s College, Maynooth-9th November
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Mary Immaculate, Limerick-16th November
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National College of Ireland-23rd November
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Tipperary Institute-25th November
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